Sam Witwer

Sam Witwer (born October 20, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Crashdown in Battlestar Galactica, Davis Bloome in Smallville, Aidan Waite in Being Human, Mr. Hyde in Once Upon a Time, Ben Lockwood in Supergirl, Rupert Chipping in Riverdale, and the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars.

Witwer has worked on numerous projects in the Star Wars franchise, having first provided his voice and likeness for Starkiller in the Force Unleashed video game series. He later notably voiced Darth Maul in the television series The Clone Wars, Maul – Shadow Lord, and Rebels, as well as the film Solo. He has also voiced the Son in The Clone Wars and Emperor Palpatine in Rebels and various other projects respectively. Witwer portrayed protagonist Deacon St. John through motion capture for the video game Days Gone by Bend Studio.

Early life Witwer was born on October 20, 1977,

After two years at Juilliard, Witwer was expelled due to his behavior. although he has credited much of his current success to his role as Neil Perry on the Showtime series Dexter. Witwer also appeared as Private Wayne Jessup in the film The Mist.

From 2008 to 2009, Witwer appeared in season 8 of Smallville as Davis Bloome, the human form of Doomsday. Witwer played Davis while Doomsday was played by stuntman Dario Delacio. Witwer's performance in Smallville was well-received, and he has stated that his experience on the show had opened more opportunities for him in the future of acting. Witwer's contract gave him the option to return in season 9 as Zod, though he ultimately declined. Though he considered his time on the show enjoyable and was flattered by the offer to stay on, he passed on the role as he felt it would be difficult for both the characters and audience to accept.

Witwer made a cameo appearance in The Walking Dead as a dead zombie soldier in a tank in the season 1 episode "Days Gone Bye" which reunited him with director Frank Darabont from The Mist. Coincidentally, in 2019 he went on to portray the main protagonist (both voice and motion capture) of a video game called Days Gone, which also tackles the topic of zombie apocalypse.

From 2011 to 2014, Witwer starred in the North American remake of Being Human. He played the lead role of vampire Aidan Waite. The show, as well as his performance, was well received and lasted 4 seasons.

He voiced Ocean Master in the animated film Justice League: Throne of Atlantis for the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series, replacing fellow Star Wars actor Steve Blum from Justice League: War.

In 2016, Witwer played Edward Hyde on Once Upon a Time, recurring for part of its sixth season after debuting at the end of the fifth season.

In 2018, Witwer joined the main cast of The CW drama series Supergirl, portraying the fourth season's main antagonist Ben Lockwood / Agent Liberty.

Role-playing games Witwer plays both pen-and-paper and role-playing video games. He has been a frequent guest on the Podcast Order 66 and has expressed interest in Star Wars role-playing games Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (by West End Games) to Star Wars Roleplaying Game (by Wizards of the Coast) and to the series of cross-compatible Star Wars roleplaying games by Fantasy Flight Games.

Witwer appeared in episode 19 of Geek and Sundry's Tabletop playing the Dragon Age role-playing game, and episodes 29 and 55 of Dice Camera Action as Mordenkainen.

In January 2017, he appeared as a guest on a play-through of ScratchPad Publishing's Dusk City Outlaws, alongside Elisa Teague, Tom Lommel, Spencer Crittenden, and game designer Rodney Thompson.

Star Wars

A lifelong Star Wars superfan, Witwer provided both his voice and likeness for lead character Galen Marek / Starkiller (Darth Vader's secret apprentice) in the 2008 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and 2010 sequel Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. He also voiced Darth Sidious (Emperor Palpatine) in the first game, and reprised it for the games Disney Infinity 3.0 and Battlefront and for the original season 2 premiere of Star Wars Rebels; however, in 2019, the role was re-dubbed by Ian McDiarmid who portrayed Palpatine in the films and in Rebels season 4.

For Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Witwer had also vocally performed the Son in a three episode story arc (known as the Mortis trilogy) in season 3 as well as the iconic former Sith Maul in the season 4 finale episodes, four episodes of season 5, and the "Siege of Mandalore" arc in season 7. He also lent his voice for Maul in other projects such as the Star Wars: Episode I Brisk commercial as well as the Cartoon Network special Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, and again for Star Wars Rebels. On September 27, 2012, a feature-length "director's cut" of Witwer's season 4 finale episodes of The Clone Wars were released as a direct-to-video film, Darth Maul Returns, initially made available exclusively at Target.

Witwer attended The Clone Wars season 5 Red Carpet Premiere in Orlando, Florida on August 24, 2012, during Celebration VI along with some of his co-stars Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Daniel Logan, Stephen Stanton and Ashley Eckstein, as well as Supervising Director Dave Filoni. During Celebration VI, he also had his own panel called: Sam Witwer "The Maul Within" on August 26, 2012. In 2013, he attended for the first time the annual event, Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida for a three-day weekend and fans praised him for his roles in The Force Unleashed games and on The Clone Wars. During the live show "Behind the Force", Sam showed his acting skills by saying one or two lines of the characters that he's played in the Star Wars universe.

Witwer has also voiced an alien as well as a First Order stormtrooper during the siege of Maz Kanata's palace in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

In 2018, Witwer reprised his portrayal as Maul and performed the voice acting role for the character in Solo: A Star Wars Story, marking the sixth project for which Witwer voices Maul, and the first live-action performance.

In 2020, Witwer was cast as an unidentified dark side character in the StarWarsKids.com and YouTube game show Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge, which premiered on June 3, 2020.

In 2026, Witwer returned to voice Maul as the lead role in the Disney+ show, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord.

Star Trek In 2024, Witwer appeared in the Star Trek concept video "765874 – Unification", where he played the role of James T. Kirk along with William Shatner. The role involved the use of "digital prosthetic" technology, where Shatner's facial features were overlaid onto Witwer's, as Witwer portrayed Kirk in three different timelines. Discovering Shatner's lack of "inner monologue", as the actor has described in an autobiography, greatly informed Witwer's performance, not only in words, he said, but in action and presence. Witwer made the discovery when he viewed his performance in one take and was unhappy with how "un-Kirklike" it seemed. "Shatner would never passively walk into a scene," Witwer said in an interview. "He leads us into a scene. He takes the audience with him and they go on a story." With that, Witwer adjusted his performance and was much happier with it.

Music career Witwer serves as the front-man for the band The Crashtones, whose first studio album Colorful of the Stereo was released February 15, 2006. Witwer released a new album on May 7, 2019, entitled Revenge of the Crashtones.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Crank Shootout Henchman 2007 The Mist Private Jessup 2008 Pathology Party Boy 2009 Gamer Social Worker 2010 The United Monster Talent Agency Dracula Short film No God, No Master Eugenio Ravarini 2011 The Return of Joe Rich Joe Neiderman 2012 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Darth Maul Returns Maul Voice; Direct-to-video Wrestling Isn't Wrestling Chyna Short film Star Wars: The Force Awakens Alien, Stormtrooper, Additional Characters 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Additional voices 2024 765874 – Unification James T. Kirk Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 ER Tommy Episode: "Fear of Commitment" 2001, 2003 JAG Beasley, Sonar Operator 2 episodes 2001 Arliss Mourner Episode: "Of Cabbages and Kings" 2002 Dark Angel Marrow Episode: "Love in Vein" She Spies Jason Episode: "Daddy's Girl" 2003 Angel John Stoler Episode: "Shiny Happy People" The Lyon's Den Bryce Cherot / Chucke Porter Episode: "Duty to Save" Star Trek: Enterprise Sloth #3 Episode: "The Shipment" 2004 Cold Case James Creighton Episode: "The Plan" NCIS Staff Sgt. Rafael Episode: "Split Decision" Star Trek: New Voyages Guardian's Voice Episode: "In Harm's Way" 2004–2005 Battlestar Galactica Crashdown 11 episodes 2006 Dexter Neil Perry 3 episodes Bones Mitchell Downs Episode: "The Titan on the Tracks" 2007 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Muscular Guy in Store Episode: "Dennis and Dee's Mom Is Dead" Shark Richard Lee Franco Episode: "Every Breath You Take" 2007–2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Officer Casella 2 episodes 2008–2009 Smallville Davis Bloome Main role (Season 8), 12 episodes 2010 The Walking Dead Tank Soldier Uncredited; Episode: "Days Gone Bye" 2011–2014 Being Human Aidan Waite 52 episodesNominated–Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role 2011–2014, 2020 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Maul, The Son Voices; 14 episodesNominated–Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program 2012 Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out Maul, Emperor Palpatine Voices; Television special 2014 Grimm Max Robbins Episode: "The Show Must Go On" 2015–2018 Star Wars Rebels Maul, Emperor Palpatine Voices; 7 episodes 2015 Stalker Jamie Tolliver Episode: "Love Kills" Rosewood Heath Casablanca Episode: "Aortic Atresia and Art Installations" 2016 Once Upon a Time Mr. Hyde 5 episodes 2017 Electric Dreams Chris Episode: "Real Life" 2018–2020 Supergirl Benjamin Lockwood / Agent Liberty 18 episodes Star Wars Resistance Hugh Sion Voice; 3 episodes 2019–2020 Riverdale Rupert Chipping 5 episodes 2020 DC Universe All Star Games Himself / Host 6 episodes Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge Dark Side agent 2021 Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales Maul / Trudgen 2021–2022 The Book of Boba Fett Rodian, sous-chef droid Voice; uncredited; 2 episodes 2022 Andor Shoretrooper Voice; uncredited; Episode: "Announcement" Mythic Quest Ian's father Episode: "Sarian" 2024 765874 – Unification Capt. James T. Kirk2025Leverage: RedemptionPeter LunaEpisode: "The Scared Stiff Job"2026–presentStar Wars: Maul – Shadow LordMaul, Darth Sidious, Young Savage Opress Voice; Lead role; 10 episodesConsulting Producer; 10 episodes

Video games

Audiobooks (excerpt) 2022: Michael Reaves: Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, Novel, Random House Audio & Audible